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Big Blues
| Recorded | Feb 1978 |
|---|---|
| Label | CTI Records |
| Released | 1978 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 214243 |
The record
Small-hours CTI mood music, Jim Hall's chords and Mainieri's vibes wrapping around the horn while Gadd's brushes barely stir the surface. Nothing here rushes -- Moore's bass just breathes underneath a working group content to let silence do some of the talking.
Session personnel
- Michael Moore — bass
- Steve Gadd — drums
- Art Farmer — flugelhorn
- Jim Hall — guitar
- Mike Mainieri — vibraphone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file is the 1978 German CTI, 0063.039, with a Dutch issue that year as GP 3158. The US copy followed in 1979, CTI 7083, in a gatefold, and Japan pressed GP-3158 the same year. Japan returned in 1981 with LAX-3278 and King issued K20P 6834 in 1982. For a modern copy, take the 2014 45 RPM cut of CTI 7083 or the 2010 gatefold remaster of the same number.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 31 pressings on file.
| 1978 | CTI Records · 0063.039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1978 | CTI Records · GP 3158 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1979 | CTI Records |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1979 | CTI Records · GP-3158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTC 7083 — Cassette, Album |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CT8 7083 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo |
| 1979 | CTI Records · GP-3158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo |
| 1979 | CTI Records · CTI 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
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